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Cotton Investment Chart Overview
World Bank Cotton A Index Monthly Price
World Bank Cotton A Index Monthly Price. The Cotlook A Index is a benchmark for physical upland-cotton offers; it is not an ICE futures settlement price. The chart converts World Bank USD/kg observations to U.S. cents/lb, while missing months remain blank and are not interpolated. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Cotlook A Index converted to U.S. cents per pound
- The Cotlook A Index is a benchmark for physical upland-cotton offers; it is not an ICE futures settlement price.
- The chart converts World Bank USD/kg observations to U.S. cents/lb, while missing months remain blank and are not interpolated.
- Data through:
- 2026-06-01
- Frequency:
- Monthly
- Units:
- U.S. cents/lb
USDA PSD World Cotton Production and Mill Use
USDA PSD World Cotton Production and Mill Use. Mill use means raw cotton consumed by spinning mills to make yarn; production and use are measured in thousand 480-lb statistical bales. Compare production with mill use to see annual balance pressure, but recent marketing-year estimates can be revised by USDA. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
World cotton production and mill use
- Mill use means raw cotton consumed by spinning mills to make yarn; production and use are measured in thousand 480-lb statistical bales.
- Compare production with mill use to see annual balance pressure, but recent marketing-year estimates can be revised by USDA.
- Data through:
- 2026 marketing-year estimate · USDA PSD release 2026-07-01
- Frequency:
- Marketing year
- Units:
- thousand 480-lb bales
USDA PSD World Cotton Ending Stocks and Stocks-to-Use
USDA PSD World Cotton Ending Stocks and Stocks-to-Use. USDA's official stocks-to-use divides ending stocks by domestic use plus exports, measuring carryover against total disappearance. The derived check repeats that formula independently; a mismatch flags source or parsing changes rather than a second forecast. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
World cotton ending stocks
World cotton stocks-to-use ratio
- USDA's official stocks-to-use divides ending stocks by domestic use plus exports, measuring carryover against total disappearance.
- The derived check repeats that formula independently; a mismatch flags source or parsing changes rather than a second forecast.
- Data through:
- 2026 marketing-year estimate · USDA PSD release 2026-07-01
- Frequency:
- Marketing year
- Units:
- thousand 480-lb bales / %
USDA PSD Cotton Production and Mill Use by Country
USDA PSD Cotton Production and Mill Use by Country. Mill use is cotton consumed by spinning mills, so comparing it with production separates major growers from major textile processors. Every bar uses one latest common marketing year and thousand 480-lb statistical bales; rank buttons change only how many countries appear. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Latest-year production and mill use by country
- Mill use is cotton consumed by spinning mills, so comparing it with production separates major growers from major textile processors.
- Every bar uses one latest common marketing year and thousand 480-lb statistical bales; rank buttons change only how many countries appear.
- Data through:
- 2026 marketing-year estimate · USDA PSD release 2026-07-01
- Frequency:
- Latest marketing year
- Units:
- thousand 480-lb bales
USDA PSD Cotton Exports and Imports by Country
USDA PSD Cotton Exports and Imports by Country. Exports and imports are marketing-year raw-cotton trade in thousand 480-lb statistical bales, not textile-product trade. Use one common latest year to compare trade roles, while remembering that country crop calendars and later USDA revisions differ. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Latest-year exports and imports by country
- Exports and imports are marketing-year raw-cotton trade in thousand 480-lb statistical bales, not textile-product trade.
- Use one common latest year to compare trade roles, while remembering that country crop calendars and later USDA revisions differ.
- Data through:
- 2026 marketing-year estimate · USDA PSD release 2026-07-01
- Frequency:
- Latest marketing year
- Units:
- thousand 480-lb bales
Progress is the share of acreage reaching each cotton stage; Good + Excellent is a condition rating, not a yield forecast.
Compare the bold latest season with earlier seasons; unreported weeks remain blank and are never interpolated.
- Data through:
- 2026-07-26
- Frequency:
- Weekly
- Units:
- %
U.S. Cotton Weekly Export Sales (Thousand Running Bales). Marketing-Year Net Sales by Week. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Net sales (current MY) / Weekly exports
Outstanding sales (current MY)
Marketing-Year Net Sales by Week
- Net sales are new export bookings after cancellations; outstanding sales are booked but not yet shipped.
- FAS reports actual running bales, unlike PSD's 480-lb statistical bales; the chart displays thousand running bales and the latest season may be incomplete.
- Data through:
- 2026-07-23
- Frequency:
- Weekly
- Units:
- thousand running bales
CFTC Cotton No. 2 Managed Money Positioning
CFTC Cotton No. 2 Managed Money Positioning. Managed money is reportable fund positioning; net is long minus short, while producer/merchant net represents commercial hedgers. Net share scales fund net by open interest and million pounds applies the 50,000-lb contract size; neither is a price forecast. Wheel/Pinch=Zoom · Drag=Box zoom · Alt+Drag/Arrows=Pan · Double-click=Reset
Managed money gross positions
Managed money and producer net positions
Producer / merchant gross positions
Futures open interest
Managed money net share of open interest
Managed money net equivalent
- Managed money is reportable fund positioning; net is long minus short, while producer/merchant net represents commercial hedgers.
- Net share scales fund net by open interest and million pounds applies the 50,000-lb contract size; neither is a price forecast.
- Data through:
- 2026-07-28
- Frequency:
- Weekly
- Units:
- contracts / % / million lb
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